WAURoethkeBeatrice4538.xml Guide to the Beatrice Roethke Lushington Papers 1958-2009 Lushington (Beatrice Roethke) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/18/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 4538 (Accession No. 4538-006) Roethke, Beatrice Beatrice Roethke Lushington papers 1958-2009 2.64 cubic feet (3 boxes) Collection materials are inEnglish. Correspondence, clippings, poems, drafts of manuscripts, and other materials collected by Beatrice Roethke Lushington about her late husband, the poet Theodore Roethke, as well as other 20th century writers.

Beatrice Heath O’Connell Roethke Lushington was born in 1926 to Beatrice Heath O’Connell and Irvin O’Connell in Maryland. She was raised in Winchester, Virginia and attended Handley Elementary School. Beatrice attended Bennington College in 1947 where she met her then English instructor, Theodore Roethke. She graduated Bennington in 1947. In 1952, she reunited with Roethke in New York and later married on January 3, 1953. She moved to Seattle, where Roethke was an English professor and poet at the University of Washington. Beatrice taught French at a Bellevue high school. While living in Seattle, Beatrice met a fellow schoolteacher and friend, Jean Walkinshaw, who would later produce a documentary titled I Remember Theodore Roethke. Beatrice continued to live in Seattle until her husband’s untimely death in 1963. In 1972, she married a British schoolteacher, Stephen Lushington, and remained in England.

Arranged in 3 series.

Series 1, Correspondence, 1936-2009 Series 2, Printed Materials, 1937-2009 Series 3, Pamphlets, 1963-1998

Contains personal and general correspondence concerning publications of her late husband’s writings, permission requests, royalty information, and expressions of sympathy. The collection also includes poems written by accomplished twentieth century poets, clippings, a drawing of Theodore Roethke, photographs of T. Roethke’s old acquiantances, printed material on T. Roethke, and drafts of manuscripts by poets and researchers.

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 Roethke, Beatrice--Archives Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963--Archives Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963--Death and burial Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Correspondence Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979--Correspondence British Broadcasting Corporation--Records and correspondence Doubleday & Company, Inc--Records and correspondence Faber and Faber--Records and correspondence University of Washington. Libraries--Records and correspondence Personal correspondence Business correspondence Ephemera Manuscripts (documents) Bloedel, Prentice, 1900-1996 Bloedel, Virginia Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994 Costigan, Giovanni, 1905- Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976 Davenport, John Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982 Edelstein, J. M. (Jerome Melvin), 1924-1996 Glozer, William Humphries, Rolfe Johnson, Judy Jones, Frank W Lawrence, Ruth Matheson, William, 1927- Meyers, Jeffrey Miller, Karl Mills, Ralph J Moore, Douglas Rorem, Ned, 1923- Russell, Diarmuid,  -1973 Sargent, John T Seager, Allan, 1906-1968 Skelton, Robin Stokes, Katharine Martin, 1906- Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 Wagoner, David Warren, Elizabeth C Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 Bloedel Reserve (Agency) Poetry Center of the 92nd Street YM-YWHA (New York, N.Y.) New Yorker Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Literature Fine Arts

 

Series 1 Correspondence 1936-2009 1/1 General Index of Correspondence undated

List of Letters

 1/2 Personal Correspondence 1958-1966 1/3 Poet's Correspondence 1966-1968 1/4 Auden, W.H. 1959-2000 1/5 Bagster-Collins, Mary 1958-1964 1/6 Bishop, Elizabeth 1964-1965 1/7 Bogan, Louise 1956-1963 1/8 British Broadcasting Corporation 1964-1967 1/9 Caedmon Records 1969-1979 1/10 Cunningham, Imogen 1965-1995 1/11 Davenport, John 1963-1966 1/12 Double Day & Company, Inc. 1962-1964 1/13 Double Day & Company, Inc. 1966-1969 1/14 Drachler, Jacob 1964-1965 1/15 Edelstein, J.M. 1964 1/16 Faber & Faber, LTD 1964-1967 1/17 Glozer, William 1964 1/18 Gosling, Veronica 1963-1964 1/19 Graves, Morris 1964 1/20 Hamburger, Michael 1964 1/21 Harper's Bazaar & Harper's Magazine 1963-1964 1/22 Heilman, Robert, & Ruth 1963-1979 1/23 Hellmsn, Lillian 1963-1964 1/24 Heringman, Bernard 1964 1/25 Humphries, Rolfe 1966-1995 1/26 Johnson, Judy 1964 1/27 Jones, Frank 1963-1964 1/28 Kizer, Ben and Carolyn 1963-1964 1/29 Kunitz, Stanley 1955-1963

"An Evening with Theodore Roethke"

 1/30 Lawrence, Ruth 1963-1964 1/31 Library of Congress 1963-1965

Permission Request

 1/32 Lowell, Robert "Cal" 1963 1/33 Marsanska, Ludmila 1964 1/34 Martin, Shorts, & Bever Associates 1936-1964 1/35 Matheson, William 1964

University of Washington Libraries

 1/36 Matthews, Jackson, and Marthiel 1963-1985 1/37 Meliado, Mariolina 1963-1964 1/38 Mills, Ralph J. 1964-1970 1/39 Moore, Marianne 1958-1963 1/40 Murphy, Richard 1963-1964 1/41 New Statesmen 1964 1/42 O'Connell, Irvin 1963 1/43 Roethke, Beatrice 1963-1965 1/44 Royal Shakespeare Theatre Club 1963 1/45 San Francisco State College - The Poetry Center 1963-1964 1/46 Sargent, John 1957-1964 1/47 Sargent, Mary 1964

"A Prince of Small Beginnings: Theodore Roethke," A.B. Honors Thesis

 1/48 Seager, Allan 1963-1964 1/49 Seager, Mary 1963 1/50 Seferis, George 1960-1963 1/51 Skelton, Robin 1963-1997 1/52 Smit, Leo 1956-1963 1/53 Smith, William, Jay, & Sonja 1962-2000 1/54 Spendor, Maro Gorky 1964 1/55 Spender, Stephen 1963-1964 1/56 Stokes, Katherine "Kitty" 1968-1987 1/57 Sund, Robert 1964 1/58 Tate, Allen, and Isabella Gardner 1963-1964 1/59 The Bloedell Foundation 1964-1966 1/60 The New Yorker Magazine 1963 1/61 The Observer 1963-1964 1/62 Theodore Roethke Memorial Fund 1963-1965 1/63 Wagoner, David 1963-1972

Includes Clippings

 1/64 Walkinshaw, Jean 1953-1969

Photo of Jean Walkinshaw, her mother, and Theodore Roethke, dated 1953

 1/65 Walsh, Chad 1963-1965 1/66 Warren, Robert Penn & Elizabeth C. 1965 1/67 Wehr, Wesley 1969

Chapter on "Theodore Roethke in the Classroom"

 1/68 Weiss, Daniel 1965 1/69 Weiss, Daniel and Diane 1964-2008

Cards, Drawings

 1/70 Wilbur, Richard & Charlee Ellen 1958-1963 1/71 Williams, Florence 1955-1963 1/72 Willis, Elizabeth Bailey 1963-1964 1/73 Wright, C. Bagley & James 1964-1965 1/74 University of Texas - The Texas Quarterly 1963 1/75 University of Washington Libraries 1964-1967 1/76 University of Washington Press 1966-1979 1/77 Valls, Carmen, and Aurelia 1955-1963 1/78 Sympathy Letters 1963 1/79 Sympathy Letters 1964 1/80 Sympathy Letters - Students 1963

Includes Elegies and Poems

 1/81 Sympathy Letters - University of Washington Faculty 1963 1/82 Sympathy Cards from Flowers 1963 1/83 List of Condolences 1967 1/84 Greeting Cards - Christmas 1964 2/1 Ader, Richard 1966-1969 2/2 Ader, Richard 1980-2000 2/3 Alexander, Edward 19991-2009 2/4 BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) n.d. 2/5 Bebrubaker, Elizabeth 1988-1999 2/6 Bebrubaker, Elizabeth 2000-2009 2/7 Blessing, Richard 1972-1978 2/8 Bowers, Neal 1978-1983

Article "Theodore Roethke Speaks"

 2/9 Crotti & Garland Law Firm - Taxes 1977-1978 2/10 Dicky, William 1981-1994

Poems, Holiday Cards

 2/11 Fitzpatrick, Richard and Leslie 1981-2008

Includes Audiotape, Play Script "Roethke and Me: Conjuring the Garden Master"

 2/12 Frank, Elizabeth 1983-1984

Copy of a Chapter Draft on Louise Bogan

 2/13 Goldman, Derrick, & Co. 1970-1072 2/14 Greenbaum, Wolff, & Ernst 1970-1971 2/15 Hall, Donald 1966-1989

Includes Two Poems

 2/16 Hall, Donald 1997-2008 2/17 Heilman, Jonathan 1973-1978 2/18 Heilman, Robert 1992-2004 2/19 Myers, Jeffery 1981-1998

Contains Printed Material on Theodore Roethke

 2/20 O'Connell, Beatrice Heath 1988-1989 2/21 O'Connell, Jr., Irvin 1988-1990 2/22 Patterson, Margaret 1979-1981 2/23 Recorded Poetry 1969-1972 2/24 Rental Property 1995-1997 2/25 Wagoner, David 2003-2007

Includes Script of a Play, Clippings, and Printed Material

 2/26 Walkinshaw, Jean 1970-1979 2/27 Walkinshaw, Jean 1997-2007 2/28 Weiss, Dianne 1970-1977 2/29 Miscellaneous 1962-1963

Dolman Press, Hotel Roosevelt, Helen Bush School, Yale University Library, The Rockefeller Foundation

 2/30 Miscellaneous 1964-1967 2/31 Permissions Requests 1962-1988

Includes Printed Material & Articles by Robert Kusch

 2/32 Permissions Requests 1990-1999 2/33 Permissions Requests 2001-2006 2/34 Permissions Requests - Dissertations 1969-1982

Includes Requests from Alexander Hutchinson, Bernard Heringman

 Series 2 Printed Materials 1937-2009 3/1 Income Tax Returns 1956-1963 3/2 Copyrights 1958-1964 3/3 Royalty Statements - McGraw Hill Book Company 1976-1980 3/4 Manuscript Drafts "The Glass House" and "Manic Power" undated 3/5 Theordore Roethke Materials 1937-2004

Printed Materials, Correspondence, Writings, Also Includes a Song Book

 3/6 Theordore Roethke Typescript "The Rose" 1962 3/7 Theordore Roethke Letter to Beatrice 1954 3/8 Reviews on Theodore Roethke Writings 1986-2005 3/9 Theordore Roethke Memorials 1995-2002 3/10 Theordore Roethke's National Institute of Arts and Letters 1956 3/11 Clippings on Theordore Roethke 1985-1993 3/12 Clippings 1962-1998 3/13 Clippings - Obituaries 1986-2008

Obituaries of Poets, Writers, and Artists

 3/14 Clippings of Poets 1985-2007 3/15 Clippings from British Newspapers 1986-1989 3/16 Invitations undated

Wedding, Bar Mitzvah

 3/17 Printed Materials 1980-1998 3/18 Funeral Programs 1991-2009

Poets and Writers

 3/22 Theodore Roethke (Drawing by Robert White) 1953 3/23 Drawing by Beatrice Roethke Lusington undated 3/24 Theodore Roethke's Photos of Old Girlfriends n.d

Eleanor Holt, Mary Bagster-Collins

 Series 3 Pamphlets 1963-1998 3/19 Bennington College Class Reunion 1947 1997

Includes Program Booklet and Registration Packet

 3/20 Pamphlets & Booklets 1963-1977

The Atlantic, The Layfayette Alumni Quarterly, "A Link Light" book of poems by Alexander Huchison

 3/21 Pamphlets & Booklets 1998

Twentieth Century American Poetry User Manuel